Sai Yeung Choi and I headed down to Atlantic City yesterday. It's a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey and best known for its casinos, boardwalk and beach. The drive from Manhattan is about a bit over 2 hours. About an hour into the drive, my sore throat started acting up. As you may have already known, I've been under the weather since last Sunday. I've had bouts of fatigue, headache, body ache, coughing and this nagging sore throat for over a week now. The soreness is located to the lower left of my Adam's apple. It only hurts when I swallow. Every time I do, it feels like I'm swallowing a marble.
Anyway, we got to AC at around noon and found street parking. SYC wanted to do some quick shopping at the Tanger Outlet. We checked out the Nike Store and Eddie Bauer. We then decided to park at Trump Taj Majal, grab some lunch there and check out the various casinos. No luck on the food front, as what was available sucked. Very few choices and the quality wasn't that great, given the high prices. The casino itself wasn't that much better off.
Next we headed out to Resorts. Its casino was on par with Taj Majal's, which meant it was dull and old-looking. Only saving grace was its cocktail waitresses, specifically their uniforms (check out pic below). It's food selection was also on the same level as Taj Mahal's. We were both somewhat tired of looking and hungry by this point. Decided to settle on the buffet offered at Resorts. Cost about $45 (after including tips) for 2. SYC didn't find the food any good. I thought it was OK, only because I was hungry. However, this was tempered by my growing throat pain.
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| Resorts waitresses |
We finished lunch and decided to head out to the boardwalk to do some ogling. Surprisingly, not much ogling targets. The few that we found were almost all Russians. Along the stretch of the boardwalk, we came upon a newer casino name Revel. Decided to check it out. After lounging in the lobby for a few minute of ogling, we headed into the casino area. This casino is a lot better in so many ways. It's cleaner, the decor looks more modern and the slot machines seem newer too. You've also got to check out the restroom. The high quality of the paper towels say enough about this place. Very nice. We signed up for Revel reward cards and tried our hands at their slot machines. I ended up losing $5, but SYC was on a hot machine. He ended up netting $15, before deciding to quit, after a short losing streak. I think he should have continue playing, since losing streaks are normal. I think his machine is one of those where for every $5 it takes, it'll give you $15 in return. A Playboy Playmates event was scheduled to start at around 8 PM. We skipped, as we planned on heading back to NYC at around that time. After Revel, we headed back onto the boardwalk, as SYC wanted to get a quick ms. He found a place and opted for 20 minutes. He said the damage was $20 + $10 tip.
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We met up afterwards for the drive back home. Got to NYC at around 10:30 PM. Decided to skip dinner, as we were both still full from the lunch buffet. Instead, we went to get a ms. First one for me today, but second one for SYC. Went to my usual joint. We were both satisfied with our services. His damage was $45 + $35 tip, while mine was $45 + $45 tip.
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